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asia but the group is now focused on afghanistan. they formed in 2016 when members of the pakistan cattleman, the afghan taliban, al qaeda and other members of different jihadist groups coalesced all around one leader who'd been nominated as the governor or the top leader to oversee this ranch operating in afghanistan. not long after that they embarked on one of the most deadly campaigns of terrorism we've seen ever in the afghanistan pakistan region and by 2018 they were one of the top four deadliest terrorist organizations on the planet. >> host: the taliban has been aligned with al qaeda in the past but what is isis-k's relationship with al qaeda? >> these groups are vehemently opposed to each other. there's a history that dates back to the syria and iraq war where both organizations were butting heads, leadership were butting heads. since then there's been a local competition between the two organizations so that has played out in afghanistan. we haven't seen isis-k and al qaeda butting heads with each other but because of their
asia but the group is now focused on afghanistan. they formed in 2016 when members of the pakistan cattleman, the afghan taliban, al qaeda and other members of different jihadist groups coalesced all around one leader who'd been nominated as the governor or the top leader to oversee this ranch operating in afghanistan. not long after that they embarked on one of the most deadly campaigns of terrorism we've seen ever in the afghanistan pakistan region and by 2018 they were one of the top four...
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the fact that he sent 30,000 troops to afghanistan after reviewing that situation didn't destroy people's faith in him. although it undermined it, you might say, to some extent. it was not the same as the situation you had where lyndon johnson was elected as a peace candidate in 1964 and in 1965 sent 500,000 troops to vietnam, and the sense of betrayal was so thick you could cut it with a knife. and i know because it experienced it myself, and be -- many of the people in this room probably did also. but by the same token, it seems to me one can say when the fear lifts, when the economy given begins to -- begins to recover, when the hopes in obama or any other leader begin to fade further, when people become tired of incessant warfare of what is called the forever war, one could predict a revival of some kind of anti-war sentiment. one of the things that it seems to me we can't do, we mustn't do is to buy into the argument that since there are not many american casualties comparatively speaking, since thousands of body bags aren't coming back from the war zone we can accept war as normal w
the fact that he sent 30,000 troops to afghanistan after reviewing that situation didn't destroy people's faith in him. although it undermined it, you might say, to some extent. it was not the same as the situation you had where lyndon johnson was elected as a peace candidate in 1964 and in 1965 sent 500,000 troops to vietnam, and the sense of betrayal was so thick you could cut it with a knife. and i know because it experienced it myself, and be -- many of the people in this room probably did...
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, obviously it's the problem in iraq, but it is a growing threat in afghanistan. i thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. smith. and just for everyone's information, i have made the decision for chairman smith and the two ranking members, we won't have a five minute will. i will remind you we are expected to vote sometime around 3:15. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, general outs, my understanding is there were some people that were critical about resources, what we're doing with your organization. you had a chance as i understand to kind of read over that. you have been a user of the services. now you're in charge of trying to provide the same services you are using in the past. are there some structural things that you wanted to change about how you approach the problem or anything? or is it just a kind of ongoing management situation? or what has been your perspective moving from user to first in charge? >> thank you, sir. i've been a tactical customer of jieddo now for about six years. over three tours in iraq. i didn't always know where the capab
, obviously it's the problem in iraq, but it is a growing threat in afghanistan. i thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. smith. and just for everyone's information, i have made the decision for chairman smith and the two ranking members, we won't have a five minute will. i will remind you we are expected to vote sometime around 3:15. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, general outs, my understanding is there were some people that were critical about resources, what we're...
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happens when america forgets these lessons and suddenly decidespl we are tired of sustaining the fight afghanistan in the 19 nineties help to create the conditions for al qaeda's ability to grow their attacks from the safe haven far from our shores. allowing isys to rise from those ashes of al qaeda and iraq and syria will invite more of the chaos that breeds terrorism and our adversaries will certainly fill that vacuum. the ignite the brutal bashir al-assad regime with those arab communities and create the same conditions that let isys grow in the first place. and then gaining more leverage throughout the middle east and even promote in africa and with access to a strategic core door running away from to ron to its very doorstep of israel. madam president where do we go from here? many of us in the senate are ahead of the game to reaffirm the american global leadership against radical terrorist at the beginning of this year a bipartisan super majority of senators warned about this course of events and the mcconnell amendment earned 70 votes back in february warning against the precipitous withdra
happens when america forgets these lessons and suddenly decidespl we are tired of sustaining the fight afghanistan in the 19 nineties help to create the conditions for al qaeda's ability to grow their attacks from the safe haven far from our shores. allowing isys to rise from those ashes of al qaeda and iraq and syria will invite more of the chaos that breeds terrorism and our adversaries will certainly fill that vacuum. the ignite the brutal bashir al-assad regime with those arab communities...
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deployed to iraq and afghanistan was subject to significant blast from his own weapons over the course of his career and later died by suicide. his father mr. frank larkin is here today to discuss the harm that last overpressure has caused servicemembers. the times reveals that even whend made policy changes to address risks those changes were not evident on the ground. weapons known to deliver shockwaves well above 50 threshold were still widely used. training does not involve basic safety measures and special operations were not issued blast exposure gauges needed to track the threats. dod and congress both have a lot to do. it's my agenda to address this problem first. we need to establish mitigation strategies specific to the servicemember roles that are most at risk for blast overpressure. second, we must require dod to create last exposure and traumatic brain injury laws for all servicemembers and to integrate these laws into their pda and dod health care records. third, the department of defense should partner with innovative evidence-based partners like home base to help servic
deployed to iraq and afghanistan was subject to significant blast from his own weapons over the course of his career and later died by suicide. his father mr. frank larkin is here today to discuss the harm that last overpressure has caused servicemembers. the times reveals that even whend made policy changes to address risks those changes were not evident on the ground. weapons known to deliver shockwaves well above 50 threshold were still widely used. training does not involve basic safety...
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we cannot repeat this mistake in afghanistan. so, madam president, i'm aware there is some appetite on both sides of the aisle to quickly reach for the toolbox of sanctions. i myself played a critical role in creating sanction regimes in the past, but i caution us against developing a reflex to use sanctions as our tool of first, last, and only resort in i am supplementing our foreign policy. sanctions may play an important role in this process, and i'm open to the senate considering them, but we need to think extremely carefully before we employ the same tools against a democratic nato ally that we would against the worst rogue states. do we know what the political impacts that sanctions will have inside turkey? will they weaken president erdogan or rally the country to his cause? do we know the impact sanctions will have on u.s. companies or on the economies of our closest allies who have deeply integrated their economies with turkey? if we're going to use sanctions against a democratic ally, we're going to have to be careful.
we cannot repeat this mistake in afghanistan. so, madam president, i'm aware there is some appetite on both sides of the aisle to quickly reach for the toolbox of sanctions. i myself played a critical role in creating sanction regimes in the past, but i caution us against developing a reflex to use sanctions as our tool of first, last, and only resort in i am supplementing our foreign policy. sanctions may play an important role in this process, and i'm open to the senate considering them, but...
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ryan, a navy seal the point to iraq and afghanistan subjected significant blast from his own weapons over the course of his career and later died by suicide. his father is here today to discuss the harm the last overpressure has cost to servicemembers and to their families. the times also revealed that even when dod has made policy changes to address risks, those changes were not evident on ground. weapons known to deliver shock well about safety thresholds were stillll widely used. training did not involve basic safety measures, and special operations horses were not issued last exposure gauges, they gauges that are needed to track the threats they faced. so dod and congress both have a lot to do. here's my agenda to address this problem. first, we need to establish mitigation strategies specific to the service of member roles that are most at risk for blast overpressure. second, we must require dod to create blast exposure and traumatic brain injury logs for all servicemembers and to integrate these logs into their va and dod health care records. third, the department of defense sh
ryan, a navy seal the point to iraq and afghanistan subjected significant blast from his own weapons over the course of his career and later died by suicide. his father is here today to discuss the harm the last overpressure has cost to servicemembers and to their families. the times also revealed that even when dod has made policy changes to address risks, those changes were not evident on ground. weapons known to deliver shock well about safety thresholds were stillll widely used. training...
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forces afghanistan. our guest speaker's name is often mentioned in the same sentence with most of our leaders of the past. general's washington democrat, macarthur and eisenhower. but contributions to state in the development of the doctrine development of leaders and his leadership in the battlefield most recently president obama has called upon him to serve as the director of the central intelligence agency. ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to induct a longtime support of the reserve forces into the minuteman hall of fame. please join me in welcoming the director david petraeus. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thanks very much. good morning to the wall and thinks for a warm welcome. it's great to be with you all this morning and part of your 2012 national security symposium at the 86 on the i know it and it's great to be with so many to might serve in the past decade in particular. just a lot of curiosity, how many here have been deployed since 9/11 if i can see a show of hands. how
forces afghanistan. our guest speaker's name is often mentioned in the same sentence with most of our leaders of the past. general's washington democrat, macarthur and eisenhower. but contributions to state in the development of the doctrine development of leaders and his leadership in the battlefield most recently president obama has called upon him to serve as the director of the central intelligence agency. ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to induct a longtime support of the...
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the fundamental difference would be that in afghanistan that allegation is fraud and in the u.s. the issue was a very, very close election and a disagreement over how you count those votes to figure out who actually got the most. host: "the new york times" has a story about a recession. they write -- the u.s. supreme court, are there is -- are they seeing cases related to the economy and recession? guest: usually cases take longer to get there. as far as the economic collapse of a last year so, no. certainly there are issues out there that people are talking about. the constitutionality of, say, the tarp money and how that was used. constitutionality of the health care over -- overhaul. one case that does fit in and little bit, there was a board set up to oversee the accounting industry in the wake of the enron and worldcom collapses, they're looking at the constitutionality of that board. it is a fascinating question. the big get -- basic issue is whether the board is so on it tumbled to the president that it operates as an on constitutional independent branch. host: on health c
the fundamental difference would be that in afghanistan that allegation is fraud and in the u.s. the issue was a very, very close election and a disagreement over how you count those votes to figure out who actually got the most. host: "the new york times" has a story about a recession. they write -- the u.s. supreme court, are there is -- are they seeing cases related to the economy and recession? guest: usually cases take longer to get there. as far as the economic collapse of a...
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withdrawal from afghanistan by general mckenzie was u.s.ndee told lawmakers he took full of military responsibility for the suicide bomb attack that killed 13 u.s. service members as they helped with evacuations general milley served as chair of the joint chiefs of staff in 2021 also gave his assessment of the withdrawal plan and the lessons learned for this hearing from the house foreign affairs committee runs almost four hours.
withdrawal from afghanistan by general mckenzie was u.s.ndee told lawmakers he took full of military responsibility for the suicide bomb attack that killed 13 u.s. service members as they helped with evacuations general milley served as chair of the joint chiefs of staff in 2021 also gave his assessment of the withdrawal plan and the lessons learned for this hearing from the house foreign affairs committee runs almost four hours.
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] >> live now to the pentagon for a briefing on force management levels and reporting procedures in afghanistan. this is like coverage on c-span2. >> good afternoon. joining me today is general mckenzie we are here to announce that secretary matus has directed the department to
] >> live now to the pentagon for a briefing on force management levels and reporting procedures in afghanistan. this is like coverage on c-span2. >> good afternoon. joining me today is general mckenzie we are here to announce that secretary matus has directed the department to
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we met with a number of folks in the leadership in afghanistan on the afghanistan side. president karzai among others to the ed ministers within the cabinet and other folks that were part of the parliament when for the folks in the media and we met with a lot of the troops who ran the southern part of afghanistan for the better part of one day and a lot of trips included our states and had the opportunity to see among other things to see actually remember the film sleeping with the enemy we had the opportunity to see u.s. troops sweeping the same compound with afghan national army troops with our allied troops, with afghan national police and we have done is we don't have the arresters out by themselves in a compound somewhere. they are integrated and we meet with the afghan national army and sometimes police we eat with them, then the same areas, train with them, they sometimes need operations and sometimes we do. it's very much an integrated world. the idea is to put our people from our folks not often in a compound some place but to put them and literally among the pe
we met with a number of folks in the leadership in afghanistan on the afghanistan side. president karzai among others to the ed ministers within the cabinet and other folks that were part of the parliament when for the folks in the media and we met with a lot of the troops who ran the southern part of afghanistan for the better part of one day and a lot of trips included our states and had the opportunity to see among other things to see actually remember the film sleeping with the enemy we had...
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military operations and afghanistan/pakistan relations. the panel discussion, hosted by the hudson institute, is about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. i'm husain haqqani, leader here at the hudson institute. welcome to hudson. for the last four decades, afghanistan and its citizens have lived through civil
military operations and afghanistan/pakistan relations. the panel discussion, hosted by the hudson institute, is about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. i'm husain haqqani, leader here at the hudson institute. welcome to hudson. for the last four decades, afghanistan and its citizens have lived through civil
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reagan's foreign policy for the most part did seem to unite conservatives but since the wars inon iraq and afghanistan those inconclusive wars in those two countries it seems to me that it's been one of the dividing point. it's deepening divisions within the conservative movement. do you see that maybe turning around in a foreign-policy sense is the threat of china or russia or elsewhere becomes more poignant and more obvious? what do you think likes >> i think there is that bipossibility and i expect political figures will adopt that cautionary rhetoric and not some kind of idealist that might the enmeshed in foreign wars or situations where [inaudible] it's kind of a lesson that's been absorbed. once again will happen depends somewhat on rogue states choose to do and how they find their relationship. i don't think we are going to be out on some crusading venture but it may be that we will see the need developing under trump to rain and confucius institutes for example to restrict access ato technology and possibly soe of that t will continue probably in the i biden administration bt again are really
reagan's foreign policy for the most part did seem to unite conservatives but since the wars inon iraq and afghanistan those inconclusive wars in those two countries it seems to me that it's been one of the dividing point. it's deepening divisions within the conservative movement. do you see that maybe turning around in a foreign-policy sense is the threat of china or russia or elsewhere becomes more poignant and more obvious? what do you think likes >> i think there is that bipossibility...
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deliver promised benefits to veterans or paychecks for the men and women wearing our country's uniform in afghanistan and iraq. i want to be clear. a default will injure america's reputation throughout the world. it will weaken faith in the world's most respected financial power, leaving our country's financial leadership in doubt. simply put, defaulting on the debt could trigger an economic collapse of historic proportion. that's why i plead with our republican colleagues, join us without delay in adopting majority leader reid's plan. senator reid's plan will provide certainty for middle-class americans and to the markets because it will provide stability, that's what we need right now through 2013. mr. president, this plan isn't perfect. in fact, including me, believe it should include revenues. it doesn't but that's why it's called a compromise. and after we adopt this plan and step back from the brink, we need to work on a balanced approach to get our country back on sound economic footing, and it means asking the wealthiest among to us pay their fair share. i was one of those who was very fortun
deliver promised benefits to veterans or paychecks for the men and women wearing our country's uniform in afghanistan and iraq. i want to be clear. a default will injure america's reputation throughout the world. it will weaken faith in the world's most respected financial power, leaving our country's financial leadership in doubt. simply put, defaulting on the debt could trigger an economic collapse of historic proportion. that's why i plead with our republican colleagues, join us without...
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>> the communities built in southern afghanistan, not in the last couple years, but six decades ago back when unknown to most of the country mern, there were dozen of americans engineers there back in the 40s and 50s, digging canals, building dams, helping to nation build in afghanistan, and the very same terrain that president obama's troops surge unfolded in over the last couple years. in my history of obama's serge and examination of it, i actually start back in the 1940s in the remarkable period of american resistance to afghanistan, a period of great optimism when we built the town there that the afghans started to call little america, complete with a co-ed high school, a swimming pool where boys and girls swam together, a clubhouse to get a gin and tonic, and it was a period of great promise for the americans and afghans, and i use that as the opening for this book that talks about the great hope and tragedy of our war in afghanistan today. >> does little america still exist? >> it does. it's the capital of helmand province. it looks nothing like it did way back then. the suburban
>> the communities built in southern afghanistan, not in the last couple years, but six decades ago back when unknown to most of the country mern, there were dozen of americans engineers there back in the 40s and 50s, digging canals, building dams, helping to nation build in afghanistan, and the very same terrain that president obama's troops surge unfolded in over the last couple years. in my history of obama's serge and examination of it, i actually start back in the 1940s in the...
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very clear and reagan's foreign policy did seem to unite conservatives but since the wars in iraq and afghanistan, those inconclusive wars in those two countries, it seems that has been one of the dividing points, deepening the division is win the conservative mom. do you see that maybe turning around in a foreign policy sense as the threat of china or russia or elsewhere becomes more poignant, more obvious? >> i think there is that possibility. suspect that conservatives especially political figures will adopt a cautionary rhetoric and not some kind of idealism. and taking part in foreign wars or situations where you can't accomplish very much. that's a kind of a lesson that's been absorbed. owns again, it will -- some will happen next depends on what rogue states are others not particularly friendly to us choose to do and how they find their relationship. i don't think we are going to about out on some crusading venture but it may be that we will see the need, as was developing under trump, to reign in con fuss shoes institute -- con fiduciary shoes institutes to restrict access to technology a
very clear and reagan's foreign policy did seem to unite conservatives but since the wars in iraq and afghanistan, those inconclusive wars in those two countries, it seems that has been one of the dividing points, deepening the division is win the conservative mom. do you see that maybe turning around in a foreign policy sense as the threat of china or russia or elsewhere becomes more poignant, more obvious? >> i think there is that possibility. suspect that conservatives especially...
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then former president spends a good chunk of his speech bashing immigrants, bashing refugees from afghanistan saying they're going to ruin the country, bashing the media, bashing so-called radical left marxists, democrats.di then he spent d a lot of time bashing rinos, republicans in name only, and blaming members of his own party for helping inspire to dispel the election -- steal the election from them in 2020. he spends a long, long time talking about these elaborate election conspiracy -- election fraud conspiracy theories. this has massive reckoning in the audience. you see people throughout the audience were wearing shirts and holding signs and saying things to indicate they believe joe biden is not legitimate president of this country, and this is not a small crowd. this is what i'm finding around the country. >> let's start with tony. tony's in fort lauderdale, florida, independent line. you are on with a. c. thompson, frontline. good morning. >> caller: good morning. mr. thompson, sometimes people say the quite part out loud and general milley mention that this was our reichstag mome
then former president spends a good chunk of his speech bashing immigrants, bashing refugees from afghanistan saying they're going to ruin the country, bashing the media, bashing so-called radical left marxists, democrats.di then he spent d a lot of time bashing rinos, republicans in name only, and blaming members of his own party for helping inspire to dispel the election -- steal the election from them in 2020. he spends a long, long time talking about these elaborate election conspiracy --...
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all these other issues i need to focus on with future threats and in my mind. >> the president of afghanistan may be very important and he is but the president of united states is a lot more important i would not compartmentalize to put them somewhere else. voyage you? >> all project these are important but i gave this to the oic and i was content to wait to not do things piecemeal i thought that was a dangerous path to take because then information starts to leak out than people would start assuming. >> keeping these guys to working pond administrative duty do not think they have the ability to talk to further workers to spin a a narrative rather than send them home? is not dangerous they might fear with that investigation and? >> they can still converse with their residents with anyone they wanted to spend x you have not told them not to converse? >> i have not spoken to those individuals. >> they are gsa 15 and you have not spoken why? >> i did not want to interfere with the investigation. >> we have met personally before you were the official director and you were hired to clean up the me
all these other issues i need to focus on with future threats and in my mind. >> the president of afghanistan may be very important and he is but the president of united states is a lot more important i would not compartmentalize to put them somewhere else. voyage you? >> all project these are important but i gave this to the oic and i was content to wait to not do things piecemeal i thought that was a dangerous path to take because then information starts to leak out than people...
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afghanistan, we've been able -- we been an afghanistan along time. how long are we going to stay in afghanistan? >> as long as conditions want. >> definitely, we might be a fair answer, would you say that? >> my understanding, our policy for afghanistan is one that is conditioned base. we are not going to set a deadline because that will just cause terrorist to wait us out. rather, we want a condition -based approach. under which the afghan government participates in a negotiated element with the taliban, with other interested parties in the region to ensure that we have a strong unity government that can deny safe haven. that's really a critical piece of the conversation. we cannot afford to go back to a pre-2001 environment in afghanistan or elsewhere. when terrorists enjoy haven, the project our our and attack us in our friends. >> i'm not asking you to give us a definite date, i'm not even saying that. but on the horizon, it looks like to me, as a general miller indicated to the senate in june, we are going to be there for a long time. in afghani
afghanistan, we've been able -- we been an afghanistan along time. how long are we going to stay in afghanistan? >> as long as conditions want. >> definitely, we might be a fair answer, would you say that? >> my understanding, our policy for afghanistan is one that is conditioned base. we are not going to set a deadline because that will just cause terrorist to wait us out. rather, we want a condition -based approach. under which the afghan government participates in a...
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afghanistan. and we will see where they turn around and kill american soldiers. it is going to be virtually impossible in my view to be in a training position and i recognize there are other countries that have allowed and agreed some of the training takes place in their locales but they are not immune from attack. at some point unless something goes on wrong and a significant number of our soldiers get killed then we are fastly moving down the slippery slope. and another thing when we talk about this is the president has the authority to do the abstract but he needs to, as well as us, the equipment breaks why people fly and the best example is over the paris weekend and we see it in training exercise where the youngsters wind up being ejected from airplanes. let that happen once and alginvolvingerer algmaublth-- a american soldier get his head cut off by isil and be where down the hole again. one thing you said that interested me greatly, largely for the reason because when we were well into iraq
afghanistan. and we will see where they turn around and kill american soldiers. it is going to be virtually impossible in my view to be in a training position and i recognize there are other countries that have allowed and agreed some of the training takes place in their locales but they are not immune from attack. at some point unless something goes on wrong and a significant number of our soldiers get killed then we are fastly moving down the slippery slope. and another thing when we talk...
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[applause] five months ago, we are the news that a suicide bomber had attacked a checkpoint to afghanistan. along with 13 members of the u.s. military. one of those lost that day was massachusetts own marine corps sergeant. she volunteered for that mission. she was there because she was there because she wanted to be there. to evacuate women and children from the increasingly dangerous streets. she paid for it with her life. lieutenant governor and i spent time with her family when she returned home. the kind and decent people out and heartbroken that she is gone. i would like to ask for a moment of silence to honor those up you have lost in the goldstar families they have left behind because they are the very best among us. thank you. let me close with this. any fall of 2018, we were hit by a gas explosion that shut down -- 18-year-old tragically died that day. many others were tried -- severely injured. everything ground to a halt. many members of our team practically lived in makeshift command centers along with hundreds of emergency response personnel for several months has worked feve
[applause] five months ago, we are the news that a suicide bomber had attacked a checkpoint to afghanistan. along with 13 members of the u.s. military. one of those lost that day was massachusetts own marine corps sergeant. she volunteered for that mission. she was there because she was there because she wanted to be there. to evacuate women and children from the increasingly dangerous streets. she paid for it with her life. lieutenant governor and i spent time with her family when she returned...
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and the problem identified, whether it was iraq and afghanistan or somalia or haiti or others was that once we had achieved military victory we then changed our mission. we then decided to move to try to bring democracy and reform the governments of those countries, and that's where we ran into failure. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website and do a search for robert gates or the title of his book exercise of power. >> tuesday a campaign event with president trump at the winston-salem, north carolina, airport. lifeguards begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. -- live coverage begins. >> we welcome to the distinguished form dwight dwig. eisenhower, present a united states of america. [applause]
and the problem identified, whether it was iraq and afghanistan or somalia or haiti or others was that once we had achieved military victory we then changed our mission. we then decided to move to try to bring democracy and reform the governments of those countries, and that's where we ran into failure. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website and do a search for robert gates or the title of his book exercise of power. >> tuesday a campaign event with president trump...
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among my siblings i wanted was an active-duty military office with two tours of duty afghanistan and another brother who probably works in local government in fairfax and volunteers in his church community. again everything i never -- you ready to learn about public service i learned first-hand from my immediate family. i have a say of a long way to go before serving in government as long as my father but i'm currently on your 23 of my own public service career. i started my federal government career while i was a student at leslie university and worked as an intern in the department of defense working on the career desk. i finished graduate school of princeton joined the department status to management intern at the united states is liberating kuwait during operation desert storm. during my tenure at the state department has given many extraordinary opportunities when it was working on efforts to dissuade north korea from pursuing nuclear ambitions establishing a formal structure to implement the peace accords in bosnia or the latest in my state department career working towards a l
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>> level directed against them or inside afghanistan? >> both. >> that includes the general interagency and the threat to the homeland because they keep the pressure on the networks are continue to be mitigated and we haven't had another 9/11 type of attack because people haven't been trying to do that. this includes being on the ground since april to give you a better sense of this. >> if i understand your testimony the threat has been mitigated because of the pressure and if that is right that raises an obvious question which it will be reduced in 2017 and that's nothing. and so if that plan is carried out, what will be our capabilities to engage in the operations and defeat that. >> we have other technologies and as i stated earlier, we continue to work hard at building the capacity for the afghan forces who have a better force and we are doing that now continuing to work on that. and we do have a threat at that point in time still and we will have to come up with a different strategy to be able to keep that thread and mitigate that t
>> level directed against them or inside afghanistan? >> both. >> that includes the general interagency and the threat to the homeland because they keep the pressure on the networks are continue to be mitigated and we haven't had another 9/11 type of attack because people haven't been trying to do that. this includes being on the ground since april to give you a better sense of this. >> if i understand your testimony the threat has been mitigated because of the pressure...
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and on the home front" which details her time serving in afghanistan. [applause] and her fight to eliminate the military's ground combat exclusion policy which cost female arm servicemembers from serving in combat roles.she is here in austin with her family and works as an executive coach and consultant and goes back to her all the water by
and on the home front" which details her time serving in afghanistan. [applause] and her fight to eliminate the military's ground combat exclusion policy which cost female arm servicemembers from serving in combat roles.she is here in austin with her family and works as an executive coach and consultant and goes back to her all the water by
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eastern afghanistan is one of the most dangerous parts of afghanistan. of the seven medals of honor that been awarded to troops who served in afghanistan, either the seven were awarded to troops serving in either kunar or another province, the two provinces but it's an unbelievably dangerous place. of the seven, i should point out that three of them were awarded posthumously. so ross convinced me that i need to tell more stories than just the stories from 2009, that there were other stories that needed to be told. and he told me about lieutenant colonel joe fenty, and he told me about the okuma national guardsmen, buddy hughie, whom i told you about not long ago, told me the shared, one of the medal of honor winners as it is referred to the was a posthumous medal of honor award he. recipient. so ross convinced me but then i started hearing from this other guy, lieutenant dave roller who was with the squadron that took over from ross' kid. data from 191 camp. they took over in 2007. dave roller wanted me to know about the guys that didn't make it back fro
eastern afghanistan is one of the most dangerous parts of afghanistan. of the seven medals of honor that been awarded to troops who served in afghanistan, either the seven were awarded to troops serving in either kunar or another province, the two provinces but it's an unbelievably dangerous place. of the seven, i should point out that three of them were awarded posthumously. so ross convinced me that i need to tell more stories than just the stories from 2009, that there were other stories...
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i serve as chief of general minister in afghanistan. i came to the interior at a time bh the afghan national police was facing severe challenges, but during the eight months, also were results of growth, collaboration with my colleagues in the minister of interior as well as the support of the international community, we have made tangible progress. training and education has been the core at our list of priorities and during the last eight months, the capacity of our training centers has in connection withed from 950 -- increased from 9500 to over 12,000. one the main challenges also in the afghan national police has been the undereducation or illiteracy rate among peacemakers, as i'm here speaking with you, more than 20,000 officers are enrolled and receiving training and education in literacy courses and education and other courses. leadership development has been our second highest priority. having committed professional leadership -- without having committed professional leadership, all of our efforts would be fruitless. on this pa
i serve as chief of general minister in afghanistan. i came to the interior at a time bh the afghan national police was facing severe challenges, but during the eight months, also were results of growth, collaboration with my colleagues in the minister of interior as well as the support of the international community, we have made tangible progress. training and education has been the core at our list of priorities and during the last eight months, the capacity of our training centers has in...
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guest: ashraf was a nominee in afghanistan. he's a former world bank economist he wrote a book about failed states. >> will they have any kind of an influence on foreign policy in afghanistan? >> i do know that david and the general talk to them. these people have an important inside influence. host: next up is john on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. this is an important program for the american people. i wanted to note that almost every person on your foreign policy magazine is a global. since the 1980s, inch clinton or the bush family have been in charge of foreign policy in america. i think it is important that we look at the idea that they are trying to create the conspiracy of the new world order. guest: anyone should look at what happened in copenhangen last month. they had a hard time signing a piece of paper. look what happens when you go on a family vacation. the more people you put in a minivan, the harder it is to figure out where you are going for lunch. >> speaking of families, coming in at nix six,
guest: ashraf was a nominee in afghanistan. he's a former world bank economist he wrote a book about failed states. >> will they have any kind of an influence on foreign policy in afghanistan? >> i do know that david and the general talk to them. these people have an important inside influence. host: next up is john on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. this is an important program for the american people. i wanted to note that almost every person on your foreign policy...
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the overall atmosphere afghanistan? >> interesting that we have not seen anything like that in afghanistan. by and large i have not seen the same in iraq either which i continue to keep tabs on for no other reason than people keep sending me stuff. when you invest a fair amount of time in the land of the two rivers when i left iraq i said i will always have iraq and the iraqi people on my mind and in my heart and i meant it. we sacrificed a great deal there and the fact is in iraq the demonstrations have been about inadequate basic services. is not about the government or the parliament. it is about their performance and something that malaki recognized. they have a reasonably responsive -- it took some time to form the government. it is seen as their government and so the demonstrations haven't been against that. they had their say. they were able to cast a ballot and execute their democratic right. their complaints is electricity, jobs and other basic services. in afghanistan we have seen very few demonstrations. they
the overall atmosphere afghanistan? >> interesting that we have not seen anything like that in afghanistan. by and large i have not seen the same in iraq either which i continue to keep tabs on for no other reason than people keep sending me stuff. when you invest a fair amount of time in the land of the two rivers when i left iraq i said i will always have iraq and the iraqi people on my mind and in my heart and i meant it. we sacrificed a great deal there and the fact is in iraq the...
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canada gets up to 90% of its heroin from afghanistan in the united states once got all of its heroin from the asian markets. thank you for your time and attention. >> thank you both for being here. i want to begin with a question i alluded to during testimony. it has been anecdotal, but the notion that these criminal groups are specifically targeting people recovering, in essence, basically stationing themselves outside of a rehabilitation outpatient center, even in patients under knowing that people are vulnerable and intestine in the fall back into addiction. .. >> certainly i look to the increase in harrowing coming into our communities, the increase of fentanyl at the same time we were restricting access to prescription drugs suspecting that there is a strong correlation between those two. i do not have direct evidence of it, just seems hard to imagine that there would not be a direct relationship between them. >> thank you senator. i also do do not have direct evidence of this activity. i will say, in mexico criminal groups have targeted recovery facilities but more as recruitme
canada gets up to 90% of its heroin from afghanistan in the united states once got all of its heroin from the asian markets. thank you for your time and attention. >> thank you both for being here. i want to begin with a question i alluded to during testimony. it has been anecdotal, but the notion that these criminal groups are specifically targeting people recovering, in essence, basically stationing themselves outside of a rehabilitation outpatient center, even in patients under knowing...
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, the problem we have in afghanistan. one of many pubs we have in afghanistan stems from the fact that if you read tom's book, linda's book, you read about the relationship between general petraeus and ambassador crocker, that we had in iraq. that wesley something pretty special, that you had, you know, the military stakeholder, the diplomatic stakeholder, that were basically joined at the hip. now look, there's been a lot that's been rumors about relations between general mcchrystal and ambassador eikenberry. the two as far as i can to get along quite well. the embassy and nato may be another thing. but there are obstacles in the way in afghanistan that prevent us from being able to use kind of the same, you know, the same pair of chief diplomat and chief military official. and a lot of that has to do with the fact that it's a coalition. carl karl eikenberry came to meet with ambassador -- or with president karzai, and he can meet with him at 2:00 in the french ambassador comes in at 3:00 in the british ambassador comes
, the problem we have in afghanistan. one of many pubs we have in afghanistan stems from the fact that if you read tom's book, linda's book, you read about the relationship between general petraeus and ambassador crocker, that we had in iraq. that wesley something pretty special, that you had, you know, the military stakeholder, the diplomatic stakeholder, that were basically joined at the hip. now look, there's been a lot that's been rumors about relations between general mcchrystal and...
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there are 300ai 1-rbgs machines -- 300 ai 1-rbgs machines in iraq and afghanistan. i quote from an article from march 1, 2003 that examined the possibility of replacing bomb- sniffing dog. they require rigorous training, testing, and validation exercises and various operational scenarios and with different types of explosives. the animal's performance requires retraining declines over time, and after extensive fieldwork, the dogs were tired after 30-120 minutes. dogs exhibit comaipging moods tray can affect performance and they trigger false alarms because they detect chemicals that can appear in other forms other than bombs, and terrorists can move to bombs with little vapor. i wouldn't totally exclude dogs, however, i think they are to be put through the same evaluation process for privacy indications with that. as we move forward, we'll try to do that. >> any other members seeking to ask questions of this panel? with that, we will thank the panel members for their participation, your efforts, your time in preparation of this testimony. it would allow also for fiv
there are 300ai 1-rbgs machines -- 300 ai 1-rbgs machines in iraq and afghanistan. i quote from an article from march 1, 2003 that examined the possibility of replacing bomb- sniffing dog. they require rigorous training, testing, and validation exercises and various operational scenarios and with different types of explosives. the animal's performance requires retraining declines over time, and after extensive fieldwork, the dogs were tired after 30-120 minutes. dogs exhibit comaipging moods...
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intel aware prior to afghanistan? >>.o, he i no.en thece intelligence divisionike had the huge programs to infiltrate the mosque in g infiltratedr the co-conspirators to do groups all the restaurants in the neighborhood even to the live ymca down where he had lived beme they were all intended toa catch somebody like this the before they became aryt terrorist you and they failed every turn that meanwhile this machine is peopl generating huge amounts of information. two people were talking add about of coffee shop but they thought about thee "state of the union" the event to people at a m barbershop discussing muslimhere pe attire that goes into the police file.tu where people watch cricket it had a huge amount of data but they did not catch a. there was a process in place and hopefully we leaveyou american jews with a sense of with the help a lot ofch zazi what failed solid 9/11 did work in the end. bu we know the subway did not blow up but we were lucky e cause we got to talk to the cia and fbi and n.y.p.d. people on
intel aware prior to afghanistan? >>.o, he i no.en thece intelligence divisionike had the huge programs to infiltrate the mosque in g infiltratedr the co-conspirators to do groups all the restaurants in the neighborhood even to the live ymca down where he had lived beme they were all intended toa catch somebody like this the before they became aryt terrorist you and they failed every turn that meanwhile this machine is peopl generating huge amounts of information. two people were talking...
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of military force passed by the congress in 2001 was the basis for president bush's interventions in afghanistan and iran. considering the background for that. the attack on the twin towers in new york the pentagon and what would have been the congress had the plane not gone down. i think the authorization for use of military force was pretty clearly aimed at and justified with respect to afghanistan. president took it into iraq on his own without going back to the congress. i think things -- when that happens, we're out of whack, yeah. it's civilian control of the military which is one of the points in the video that i discuss with former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is an extremely important principle. the framers were quite familiar with julius cesar and every general for the last 2,000 years, seizing power over a republic and made it quite clear that there would be civilian control of the military. >> i want to wrap up. you career has had some interesting intersections. you mentioned in the video when you were clerking you had a chance to clerk for one of the great arguably great le
of military force passed by the congress in 2001 was the basis for president bush's interventions in afghanistan and iran. considering the background for that. the attack on the twin towers in new york the pentagon and what would have been the congress had the plane not gone down. i think the authorization for use of military force was pretty clearly aimed at and justified with respect to afghanistan. president took it into iraq on his own without going back to the congress. i think things --...
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but i think we've spent to date close to $50 billion on the iraq or afghanistan g.i. bill, close to $50 billion. probably dwarfs whatever we spent for folks coming back after the vietnam war. some of the smart for-profit colleges figured out a loophole, though. what they figured sought the law didn't really focus on the g.i. bill because it wasn't that you will robust. and the 90-10 bill focused on stuff that did not include the g.i. bill. so when folks veterans go to college and the g.i. bill helped to pay for their tuition or for their spouses or their children, that does not count towards the 90%. wha soso what we have as a result, there's a loophole that allows a private schej or college or university to recognize at much as 100% of their revenues from the federal government. nothing about market forces, 10%, 15% of their students have to come by nonfederal means. all of them -- all of them are there on the federal government's doll. -- dole. i think the pooh emthat people that pushed for the 85-15 rule were bob gramm and bob dole. they said we ought to have somet
but i think we've spent to date close to $50 billion on the iraq or afghanistan g.i. bill, close to $50 billion. probably dwarfs whatever we spent for folks coming back after the vietnam war. some of the smart for-profit colleges figured out a loophole, though. what they figured sought the law didn't really focus on the g.i. bill because it wasn't that you will robust. and the 90-10 bill focused on stuff that did not include the g.i. bill. so when folks veterans go to college and the g.i. bill...
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really our core objective, again, if you narrow it to afghanistan, is to insure that afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for alkyne that or some other would-be transnational extremism command the region does have other groups that are certainly have aspirations in that regard. beyond that i think it is important to recall, as i did explain on capitol hill. you know we had a total of about ten hours of hearings. to open hearings and then the senate foreign relations committee behind closed doors and also met with the top four as well. one of the themes that i really sought to of stress was that it is only recently that we have gotten the input right in afghanistan. secretary gates, as you know, three phases. the early phase that we got right. the country's impressive work. and then over time we took our eye off of the ball and focused on other issues on a rock. that during guy called patraeus that wanted all the resources. and then, of course, we can back to afghanistan as we started to get the situation into a reasonable place and got it on the glide path. when i took c
really our core objective, again, if you narrow it to afghanistan, is to insure that afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for alkyne that or some other would-be transnational extremism command the region does have other groups that are certainly have aspirations in that regard. beyond that i think it is important to recall, as i did explain on capitol hill. you know we had a total of about ten hours of hearings. to open hearings and then the senate foreign relations committee...
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the authorization for use of military force was pretty clearly aimed at and justified with respect to afghanistan. president took it into iraq on his own without going back to the congress. i think things have gotten, when that happens we are out of whack. civilian control of the military which is one of the points in the video that i discuss with former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is an extremely important, extremely important principle. the framers were quite familiar with the julius caesar and every general for the last 2000 years in power over a republic and made it quite clear that there would be civilian control of the military. i want to wrap up with a couple of questions. your career has had some interesting intersections. i wanted to ask you specifically, you mentioned in the video when you were a clerk you had a chance to clerk for one of the great argue with great legal minds and legal influences in the history of the country, thurgood marshall. i was wondering if you could share a memory or two about that experience. >> everybody knows thurgood marshall if they had a civics
the authorization for use of military force was pretty clearly aimed at and justified with respect to afghanistan. president took it into iraq on his own without going back to the congress. i think things have gotten, when that happens we are out of whack. civilian control of the military which is one of the points in the video that i discuss with former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is an extremely important, extremely important principle. the framers were quite familiar with the...
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we talked today about narco states in the first thing that comes to mind is afghanistan. we think about narco insurgents or narco terrorists and we think about columbia and afghanistan iaagain. look at this issue from a much deeperer historical sweep, going back not just years and decades but centuries and the first true narco state was probably great britain. the first, in fact, great britain was the first narco empire if you think about the sheer importance of alcohol taxes and the importance of the tea trade and that's a powerful drug and i'm addicted to it and i mean caffeine. with the importance of the opioid tradeff for the rise of britain as the world's most maritime power. in fact, narco insurgents, yes, it's the tale of man but it was also george washington. why do i say george washington? well, that conflict very much depended on revenueon generatedy tobacco. in fact, got a loan from france based on tobacco revenue and the brits were so upset about it they burned tobacco fields whenever they found them. i including tobacco fields owned by thomas jefferson. so wh
we talked today about narco states in the first thing that comes to mind is afghanistan. we think about narco insurgents or narco terrorists and we think about columbia and afghanistan iaagain. look at this issue from a much deeperer historical sweep, going back not just years and decades but centuries and the first true narco state was probably great britain. the first, in fact, great britain was the first narco empire if you think about the sheer importance of alcohol taxes and the importance...
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ambassador to afghanistan, karl eikenberry will testify at two hearings tomorrow on afghanistan strategy. in the morning it will be the house armed services committee. that is live on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m. eastern and also live on c-span3 their testimony before the senate armed services committee at 1:30 p.m. eastern. both hearings are also on line at c-span.org. later in the week it will take questions from members of the house and senate foreign relations committees. >> now another in a series of hearings on the president's new afghanistan strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates, joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen and secretary of state hillary clinton. john kerry of massachusetts years this hearing. is about three hours. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates, and admiral mullen, we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us and we appreciate your coming to share more details about the president's plan and for consulting and partnering with congress on the decision obviously of enormous consequences for ou
ambassador to afghanistan, karl eikenberry will testify at two hearings tomorrow on afghanistan strategy. in the morning it will be the house armed services committee. that is live on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m. eastern and also live on c-span3 their testimony before the senate armed services committee at 1:30 p.m. eastern. both hearings are also on line at c-span.org. later in the week it will take questions from members of the house and senate foreign relations committees. >> now another in a...
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in some areas, some regions of afghanistan marijuana is grown extensively. and so, if you are in the mountains you would not see this marijuana growing. but if you are down in the step you would see massive marijuana fields, and troops would patrol it and threw it and pick it. many of them would smoke it. if i do some units that had heavy marijuana use. so heavy that the commanders had to wink at it and be careful about not having drug test because they would've had to discharge the entire unit or punish the entire unit. and there's one story that's related to me by a close friend of mine who is in the core, i was a journalist at this point often with the marine corps. this form of marine was a year in donor when the test came along. he was clean and he would donate urine to his friends particularly in the mortar pit, some mortar unit was high all the time. basically a baked mortar unit he would donate his urine so that his friends wouldn't get hammered by the rules. but hash and pots, while they were very common on the battlefield were mostly isolated to th
in some areas, some regions of afghanistan marijuana is grown extensively. and so, if you are in the mountains you would not see this marijuana growing. but if you are down in the step you would see massive marijuana fields, and troops would patrol it and threw it and pick it. many of them would smoke it. if i do some units that had heavy marijuana use. so heavy that the commanders had to wink at it and be careful about not having drug test because they would've had to discharge the entire unit...
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. >> and about afghanistan. >> and about afghanistan. and i want to agree with both my colleagues, but also point out that there's a continuum here, and it's a delicate walk. you want your, the person you're bargaining with to feel an incentive to bargain, right? be which means they're -- which means they're probably feeling a little pain, or they're worried about their situation, so they want to get a deal to settle something up so they can deal with their other problems. but you don't want them to feel so threatened that they pull back. they say to themselves, we are in too weak a position to negotiate. you know, the world is surrounding us, and we'll be taken advantage of if we negotiate from weakness. so the problems in syria and elsewhere are real, and i think the arab spring has undercut their ability to be a voice for the arabs. but it's going to require some finesse in how you deal with that so they don't simply pull back and withdraw. >> now, we have one other question from the floor about the role of c
. >> and about afghanistan. >> and about afghanistan. and i want to agree with both my colleagues, but also point out that there's a continuum here, and it's a delicate walk. you want your, the person you're bargaining with to feel an incentive to bargain, right? be which means they're -- which means they're probably feeling a little pain, or they're worried about their situation, so they want to get a deal to settle something up so they can deal with their other problems. but you...
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government policy on afghanistan support the shutdown of the banking system in afghanistan. also the withholding of $9 billion of afghan assets. this policy is having a devastating impact on the afghan population included the deaths of tens of thousands of infants their malnutrition in the first three months ofhe this year that was reported in the associated press. it is a logical and murderous to maintain a policy that results in the starvation of infant girls, infant girls in order to attempt to get them access to a school system that they won't live long enough to enter. my question, how can anyone support the u.s. policy of economic stimulation in light of the horrific impact on innocent children in the afghan people. thank you. >> that's a really good question you are right we see so many countries around the world over time sanctioned. i think what america needs to do is use the taliban the billions of dollars and leverage to negotiate with the taliban but they need to be negotiating and they need to negotiate for the women of afghanistan and the basic fundamental huma
government policy on afghanistan support the shutdown of the banking system in afghanistan. also the withholding of $9 billion of afghan assets. this policy is having a devastating impact on the afghan population included the deaths of tens of thousands of infants their malnutrition in the first three months ofhe this year that was reported in the associated press. it is a logical and murderous to maintain a policy that results in the starvation of infant girls, infant girls in order to attempt...
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a lot of big countries surrounding afghanistan, you have afghanistan itself, the progress that was made was made possible by the extraordinary valor of our men and women in uniform. you know that. and we pay a special tribute and i know you pay it, special tribute to our great wounded warriors and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. and as we bring back our troops we are committed to ensuring that foreign terrorists are denied admission to america, they are not coming here. if they do, bad things happen to them. we must keep radical islamic terrorists the hell house of our country. [crowd chanting] >> by the way i have to say this. you have thousands and thousands of people outside. somebody was saying that if pocahontas, any one of them, sleepy joe doesn't have that. very small crowds but if sleepy joe or if any of them had a crowd one tenth the size they go around talking how big the crowd, they never say that, take your cameras and spin them around this arena, spin them around. [crowd cheering] [crowd chanting] >> they don't turn but if there was some kind of trouble in a little c
a lot of big countries surrounding afghanistan, you have afghanistan itself, the progress that was made was made possible by the extraordinary valor of our men and women in uniform. you know that. and we pay a special tribute and i know you pay it, special tribute to our great wounded warriors and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. and as we bring back our troops we are committed to ensuring that foreign terrorists are denied admission to america, they are not coming here. if they do, bad...
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they are fighting in the mountains of afghanistan and the sands of iraq. there are those on covert missions and places we don't even know about to find and destroy the enemies of this country. they put their lives on the line every day so that we don't have to. over the years, i've been so hop norred to have met a great many of those american heros as i've traveled to the outposts in iraq and afghanistan, and i've signed letters to their loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. i consider myself so fortunate to have been able to wear the uniform of our country, and that experience forms my perspective about our defense policies. specificically, i believe we must never put the military on the chopping block for arbitrary budget cuts as part of some political spray, never. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] the question we must ask is not what we can afford to spend on our military, but what it costs to remain secure and free. see, a real key component of keeping america secure is keeping israel secure. [cheers and applause] [applause] we can nev
they are fighting in the mountains of afghanistan and the sands of iraq. there are those on covert missions and places we don't even know about to find and destroy the enemies of this country. they put their lives on the line every day so that we don't have to. over the years, i've been so hop norred to have met a great many of those american heros as i've traveled to the outposts in iraq and afghanistan, and i've signed letters to their loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. i consider...
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in afghanistan and pakistan, as you know, active conflicts, a challenge of insufficient political -- in corners of pakistan in particular. in india, a different problem with insufficient vaccine effectiveness which i will come back to as we go through the presentation and in northern nigeria, a combination of problems related to the political leadership that different points in the program and the societies in which the program was operating. the whole thing complicated by areas that have been polio free. in addition to the countries that you see in red, another 15 countries this year alone were reinvested by these countries. this is where we are, that is what the eradication program is. i would like to look at the lessons we have learned before returning to what we're going to do to try to get the job of eradication finished. as i was putting this talk together i shared it with a few friends and they said you need to talk about partnerships and the power of partnerships and i said i am going to presume partnerships as we look at what we are trying to do, whether it is the partnershi
in afghanistan and pakistan, as you know, active conflicts, a challenge of insufficient political -- in corners of pakistan in particular. in india, a different problem with insufficient vaccine effectiveness which i will come back to as we go through the presentation and in northern nigeria, a combination of problems related to the political leadership that different points in the program and the societies in which the program was operating. the whole thing complicated by areas that have been...
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i wondered he would say to the second tenants who are in the service or afghanistan or another trouble spot how to be gore about the daily business with the historical argument what the president in the military can do or can do?. >> the great question came up those clauses that we were teaching and a couple of things to about but those books are understood that is relevant obviously not what i wrote that and certainly when i was in the government working a tremendous amount of time and with those divisions of responsibility and then one message and then to keep up with that tradition that constitutional structure in that legal idea to understand that mission and that message comes through for a long time that the second thing is the appreciation i have for the difficult choices in confronting it is true though lawyers become military warriors but with the operational military personnel you make very hard decisions in very difficult times that they will critique as being unlawful although the lawyers advising the president's in my favorite example the attorney general for james buchana
i wondered he would say to the second tenants who are in the service or afghanistan or another trouble spot how to be gore about the daily business with the historical argument what the president in the military can do or can do?. >> the great question came up those clauses that we were teaching and a couple of things to about but those books are understood that is relevant obviously not what i wrote that and certainly when i was in the government working a tremendous amount of time and...